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1. "This World Is Small": Prophecy and Reality in 1492 12. "To Constitute Spain to the Service of God": The Extinction of Islam in Western Europe 273. "I Can See the Horsemen": The Strivings of Islam in Africa 554. "No Sight More Pitiable": The Mediterranean World and the Redistribution of the Sephardim 875. "Is God Angry with Us?": Culture and Conflict in Italy 1156. Toward "the Land of Darkness": Russia and the Eastern Marches of Christendom 1477. "That Sea of Blood": Columbus and the Transatlantic Link 1778. "Among the Singing Willows": China, Japan, and Korea 2059. "The Seas of Milk and Butter": The Indian Ocean Rim 24110. "The Fourth World": Indigenous Societies in the Atlantic and the Americas 173Epilogue: The World We're In 311Notes 323Provenance of Illustrations 337Index 339

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Fourteen hundred ninety-twoFourteen ninety-twoPortion of title: Year the world began

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LCCN: 2009017702ISBN: 9780061132278 :$25.99ISBN: 0061132276 :$25.99Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-338) and indexContents: "This world is small" : prophecy and reality in 1492 -- "To constitute Spain to the service of God" : the extinction of Islam in Western Europe -- "I can see the horsemen" : the strivings of Islam in Africa -- "No sight more pitiable" : the Mediterranean world and the redistribution of the Sephardim -- "Is God angry with us?" : culture and conflict in Italy -- Toward "the land of darkness" : Russia and the eastern marches of Christendom -- "That sea of blood" : Columbus and the transatlantic link -- "Among the singing willows" : China, Japan, and Korea -- "The seas of milk and butter" : the Indian Ocean rim -- "The fourth world" : indigenous societies in the Atlantic and the Americas -- The world we're in